Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3205 [e] יֹלֵ֣ד yō-lêḏ The one begetting V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 3684 [e] כְּ֭סִיל kə-sîl a fool N-ms 8424 [e] לְת֣וּגָה lə-ṯū-ḡāh grief Prep-l | N-fs [e] ל֑וֹ lōw [is] unto him Prep-l | 3ms 3808 [e] וְלֹֽא־ wə-lō- and not Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 8055 [e] יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח yiś-maḥ is glad V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 1 [e] אֲבִ֣י ’ă-ḇî the father N-msc 5036 [e] נָבָֽל׃ nā-ḇāl of a fool Adj-ms

Berean Study Bible
A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.

New American Standard Bible
He who sires a fool [does so] to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy.

King James Bible
He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. Proverbs 17:21 • Proverbs 17:21 NIV • Proverbs 17:21 NLT • Proverbs 17:21 ESV • Proverbs 17:21 NASB • Proverbs 17:21 KJV • Proverbs 17:21 Biblia Paralela • Proverbs 17:21 Chinese Bible • Proverbs 17:21 French Bible • Proverbs 17:21 German Bible

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